showcase mexico issue 624

Nov 2016

Welcome to the latest Showcase Mexico, brought to you by Production Paradise. This issue features some of the leading talents and companies currently working out of Mexico including photographers, photo & film production and post production companies, location scouts & services and equipment rentals.

You can find more creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production in our Mexico City Photo and Film directories.

Gregory Allen is a fashion and advertising photographer based between Mexico City and New York.

Originally from Seattle, Gregory studied Visual Arts and Psychology at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He began his career working with Oliviero Toscani and the Benetton team in Italy, going on to win the National Geographic prize in 2004, while in 2010 he was named as one of the 'Top Pros' by Popular Photography magazine.

Gregory has been featured as the only photographer on the list of the most important figures in the fashion industry by Elle Latin America, and appears frequently on television as part of Mexico's 'Next Top Model' and 'Behind the Scenes' on E!.

He has spent the last 15 years working all around the world for brands such as L'Oreal, Maybelline New York, Prada Mexico, Coppel, El Palacio de Hierro, Gerber, Nestlé, and magazines such as Glamour, InStyle, Travel+Leisure and Harper's Bazaar.

Jean Berard has over a decade of experience working as a photographer specialising in advertising and still life. Continuously investigating new ideas and techniques, his work is based on carefully crafted lighting and organic effects.

Jean’s style is visually clean and graphic, resulting in powerful and distinctive imagery. He has been commissioned by clients across the fields of liquor, automotive, fashion, beauty, publishing and advertising.

Diego Arrigoni has worked for leading agencies and clients, obtaining prestigious international awards at Cannes, FIAP, Clio, The Sun and Effie and nationally with the Creative Circle Mexico.

With over 20 years of experience, his passion and dedication to meeting the challenges that each photograph proposes has in no way diminished. Curiosity and the pursuit of perfection make his work permanently evolve.

Some of the most important clients he has worked with this year include Chevrolet, BMW, Volvo, Buick, Nestlé, AT&T, Telcel, Motorola, Revlon, Danone, BBVA and Whirlpool.

Gaby Luque is a professional photographer who graduated from the Escuela Activa de Fotografia in Mexico and who has more than 15 years of experience working in the advertising and editorial industry. Gaby is a perfectionist and always looks for new techniques to stay ahead in photography.

She also has a big passion for cars, which she shares with her father, a former racing driver. Gaby has developed her photography style towards food, still life and architecture but has always held special attention for car photography.

Some of the advertising agencies she has colloborated with include Starbrands of Mexico, Oveja Negra Lowe, Blue Hive-JWT and Young & Rubicam. She has also worked directly with brands such as Ford, GeneralMotors, Volkswagen, Danone and HiltonHotels, to name just a few.

Partners and Crew is a production house offering the best quality services in photography, film and TV spots in Mexico and Latin America.

The team has over 10 years of experience along with the aptitude to carry out any production with the care, attention and quality that each project requires. The company offers the most competitive prices in the market as well as the possibilty to produce anywhere in the world given the variety of talents it represents.

Victorious is a full service production agency for photo and film based in Tulum, Rio de Janeiro and Punta del Este - key locations that show Latin America at its best!

Victorious provides end-to-end service solutions from pre-production to post-production. Client creations are its passion, with a unique perspective for an innovative approach to work and the ability to creatively solve problems.

"The creator of one of our favorite locations told us, 'I have given life to my dreams and my dreams give me life.' This is how we work and build long-term relationships with clients, accomplishing goals and projects while creating beautiful and intelligent work."

Latina productions is a leading production service company founded by dedicated people who apply their local knowledge to make shoots a happy experience.

"Our belief is to build relationships from proven results."

Latina Productions includes producers with extensive experience in finding the perfect location for any kind of project, as well as a boutique production company able to adapt to any budget and client. The company delivers consistent quality and provides a full range of photo production services, including local crews, location scouting, casting, equipment, logistics, customs support, and more all over Latin America.

"Each project is an opportunity to create a unique experience. Got a project? Send an email, no compromises!"

"Our work encompasses all the elements of a production for the realisation of any photographic project. Our base is Mexico, but we make productions anywhere in Latin America. All of our services are represented by the right people specialised in their particular field to provide the best service and end result for our customers. We have an in-house department of digital post-production to offer complete control on quality and delivery times. We have over 15 years of experience backed by the leading agencies and clients.

This year clients such as AT&T, Walmart, Movistar, BMW, KIA, Chevrolet, Volvo, Nestlé, BBVA and Revlon have trusted us to make their campaigns."

CocoShoot is a full service production company with more than 10 years experience working for the advertising and fashion industry. The company is based out of Tulum but their services extend to stunning locations such as Argentina, Cuba, Brazil, the Bahamas, Colombia and Morocco.

Recent productions include:

Hallenstein's Brothers, filmed entirely in the Amazon, Cartagena and underwater in the Bahamas as well as campaigns with Jay Alvarrez in Rio and JetMan in Morocco.

Habitant Productions is shaped by a multidisciplinary team with over 10 years of experience in the production industry, managing major productions across South America and Mexico.

"Our strength is connecting leading artists and creatives across the globe to a wide array of the most exotic locations and effective network assets, to help execute each production at the highest level. We carefully create full production services and solutions that achieve the highest standards from start to finish for any foreign crew from Mexico to Chile.

All areas of production are our passion - from fashion editorial and advertising to television commercials, documentaries, branded content, art exhibits, books, PR events and live events."

Frida is a full service production company based in Riviera Maya, providing an ideal all-year-round environment for photography with consistently good weather, a wide variety of locations, professional crews, reasonable production costs and many outstanding and as-yet undiscovered sites.

Thanks to its location partnerships, the company can take clients to places where no others can, for any size of campaign. With more than 10 years of experience as location hunters, Frida’s scouting offers a vast variety of white sandy beaches and turquoise ocean, old and restored haçiendas, colonial and rural villages, tropical forests, unique underground rivers with crystal water, and lots more.

The company covers all production needs for local and international clients and provides budgeting, location scouting, casting, logistics, accommodation, props and scenes, crew hiring and rental servies. Multilingual professionals with an extensive network in the industry will find the best possible solution for a production, regardless of the scale of the project.

Manuel Santos studied photography at the Escuela Activa de Fotografía in Mexico City and also at NYU.

"I have had the opportunity to teach classes and workshops related to the language of the image, photography, lighting, the impact of campaigns on the consumer, generation of 3D images, CGI and video workflow. During the last 17 years Gravity Cam has worked on a freelance basis with major advertising agencies and direct clients in Mexico City.

I think the key to the talent behind the camera is to work as a team. It is not enough to have talent - it's the way you use it to create an image that counts!"

Based in Cancun, Velvet Eye is the Riviera Maya’s go-to rental house for photo, grip and production needs.

The company is fully stocked with everything from Profoto B4 packs, heads, and modifiers to overhead frames, silks, flags, booms and stands. On the production end, Velvet Eye also stocks a complete inventory of equipment including LED make-up lights, directors chairs, beach carts, pop-up tents, and portable generators.

Velvet Eye provides not only the best equipment, but also the knowledge and expertise of former NYC photo professionals to give clients the confidence that their production is in the best of hands.